The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chanullor, Lord Brougham, Lord Ashburton, and the Bishop of Hereford, gat in the llouse of Lords to-day, to hear Scotch Appeals. GLENDONWYN V. GLENDONWYN. This was an Appeal from the decision of the Court of Session, de ciding that the contract made upon the marriage of the respon dent with Sir James Gordon had not put aside the provision made for her by her mother. The short facts of the case appear to be these .--"l'drs Glendonwyn, the mother of the respondent, being pro prietor in her own right of lands in Kircudbright, executed a deed giving them to her husband, the respondent's father, who was to become liable to the payment of all his wife's debts at her decease, and also for the provisions made by her for her children. The Mother died in 1791, and in 1801 the respondent married Sir James Gordon, and upon that occcsion the contract was entered into which formed the principal subject of litigation in the present case. Mr. Glen donwyn gave his daughter, the respondent, a marriage portion of 2,000/. and by the marriage contract it was provided, that that sum should be "in full of all she could claim in right of her father or mother," in any manner of way. After the death of her father the respondent being ad vised, notwithstanding the provisions of her marriage contract, that she was entitled to a portion of her father's estate, instituted proceedings in the Courts of Scotland, and, ultimately, the Court of Session pro nounced the judgment in her favour, which was now appealed from. Sir W. Follett and Dr. Lushington appeared for the appellant, and the Attorney-General and Mr. Slice for the respondent. The arguments had not concluded when our reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the Rou.s, this morning, sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and seventy-eight town and country solicitors were sworn in ; after Which his Lordship proceeded with the short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.-THIS DAY. UTTCRMAN V. WILLIAMS-PEARSON V. SNIEDLEY, The arguments in this part heard case were resumed, and when our Reporter left the Court, Sir NV. Hours was opening the case on the part of the defendants. The proceedings were expectad to occupy his Honour the greater part of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Littledale and a Common Jury.) TIIE QUEEN V. HALL. This was an indictment for perjury arising out of some proceedings in the Court of Chancery. The details were of a rather complicated and uninteresting nature, and the case had not concluded when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) ROBINSON F. MUSGRAVE. This was an action brougllt to recover from the defendant, an auc tioneer, the purchase money' ,aid him at a public sale for a piece of land at Burton (Surrey), a portion of which, described in the printed catalogue and in the conditions of axle. was alleged by the plaintiff's witnesses to have no existence. The case has occupied the Court the whole morning, and Mr. Sergeant Acherly had but just entered upon the defence when our reporter left. COURT OF EXCISE.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Commissioners Sir John Mortlock, the Hon. B. Paget, and Hart Davis, Esq.) Emanuel Workman appeared to answer an information charging him with selling a certain mixture for the purpose of colouring beer, whereby he incurred a penalty of 5001. It appeared from the evidence of a person of the name of Hodgkin_ son, a publican, residing in Petticoat-lane, that he was requested by Cooke, an officer of excise, to go to the defendant's and purchase some colouring ; that accordingly on the Bth of September he went to No. 4, Cleaveland-street, Mile-end-road, and subsequently to No. 1, in the same street, where he saw the defendant's wife. He said that he was a publican, and wanted some colouring, for the pur pose of colouring some beer, and that he particularly wished to see Mr. Workman, to give him instructions how it was to be Used. Mrs. Workman said he was not at home, but she could supply him with the article; he accordingly purchased half a gallon, for which he paid ss. On the following day he again went to the defendant's, to re ceive instructions; he (the defendant) then wrote on a card the following receipt pint of colouring ; 3lbs, moist sugar; 3 quarts of warm water, and I 2 gallons of cold water, to be mixed with one butt of beer. Mr. Golding Bird, General-Surveying Examiner of Excise, stated that thecolouring in question was made of burnt sugar or molasses, and Was generally used for colouring beer, spirits, &c. Mr. Northouse, the Parliamentary Agent, cross-examined the wit nesses, and addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant. Witnesses were then called to prove that the business did not belong to the defendant, but to other persons. The Court convicted the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 501. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice VAUGHAN.) MvADEß.—Daniel Mahoney, Patrick Mahoney (his father), and Thomas Bryan, were indicted for the wilful murder of John Bryan. The first named prisoner was indicted for the actual murder, the second for aiding and abetting, and the third as accessory before the fact. From the evidence of the witnesses examined by Mr. BODKIN, who conducted the prosecution, it appeared that Bryan having quar relled and fought with the deceased, on the evening of Boxing. day, he went away, and after the lapse of a short time returned again with the two Mahony's. A regular " skrimage" ensued between the parties (who had all been drinking), their wives and others attracted by the noise of the tumult, in the course of which the younger Mahony struck the deceased with a poker several blows, that eventually caused LIB death. On the part of the prisoners it was contended by Mr. Payne (who ap Peared for the defence) that there was no malice aforethought, and that the case was merely one of unpremeditated attack, caused by extreme Provocation. Verdict—Mahoneys, Guilty of Manslaughter, and Bryan acquitted. NEW COURT. Purounv.—At the sitting of the Court Joseph 'Thaler, a young man of most respectable appearance, appeared at the traverser's bar, having s urrendered in discharge of bail to answer an indictment, charging him W ith wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr PRICE, who was concerned for the prosecution, said, that as the solicitor for the prosecution was not in Court, he was not prepared with evidence to support the case. The COMMON SERGEANT said that the bill had been found in July last, and he should like to know how it came to pass that the prisoner was not tried before. Air. NOEL, the defendant's solicitor, remarked that the blame did not rest with his client. The CostmoN SERGEANT said that the matter ought to be inquired into. It was an extraordinary thing to keep a charge of so serious a nature hanging in terrorem over a person's head for such a length of time as six months. The defendant had a right to complain of the manner in which be had been treated, and only that further delay might cause him inconvenience, he would put off the case, and command the attendance of the solicitor who had preferred the charges, which, for a ught the Court knew, were perfectly groundless. The jury then, by direction of the Court, acquitted the defendant. Z' C ' URIZ ZZLEMENT.—Ifenry Norris was indicted for embezzling various n : l s . of money, amounting in all to 4/. , the property of his employer, d }lli um Martin, a currier, residing in Union-strcet p , Borough. The : f ence set up by the prisoner was, that the deficiency in his master's recounts was occ as i one d b y m i stakes, and not from any intention of making away with the money. Th.e Jury r e t urne d a verdict of Not Guilty. Perty 4 m. Sherlock was found guilty of stealing 321 b. weight of lead, the pro uf Mr. John Nicholls, but on account of the excellent character Whi ch he received from the prosecutor, Sir Felix Booth, Mr. Hodson and other gentlemen, he was sentenced to only six days' imprisonment. BOW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) D ESTITUTION _A miserable looking object, named Eliza William is a, found sitting at the step of a door in Ivy Bridge lane at midnight Yllr addick, of th e F di v i s i on, an d on hi s quest i oning why she was so much reduced she replied that she had been in arrear of her rent in th t 'in n of 28., and had been turned into the streets by her landlord, and in e nse quence of weak ness was compe ll e d to s i t at a door. In answer to lean la gistrate, the poor creatu re sa id s h e was th e d aug h ter of a sor- in the Fusileer Guards, and had until lately lived at Windsor, Where she obtained a living by selling small wares through the country, but there was no one belonging to her alive at present, having lost her Patents eight years ago. Mr. MiNsnum. ordered some refreshments to be provided for her, a nd a note recommending her as an object of charity to So Martin's Isar ish. Alexander Coulson, a boy, was found by Clarke, a constable, at three welock this morning nearly dead with the cold under the dark arches iq the Adclphi. The account he gave was, that he had lost his parents W hen he was very young, and he had nothing to depend on but what he tU t procure about the streets. He believed his parish was Aldgate, he was never in the workhouse. ephlr. Mulsnum, observed that it was strange the parish officers did not ri trive to stop up th e arc h es , w hi c h was a receptacle for thieves and clie stit ute persons; and after ord er i ng some re f res h ment for the prisoner, sen t him with a n o t e t o St . M art i n ' s Workhouse. r.. °T-ST EALING.—An aged ma n , name d J o h n M ar t en, was conv i cte d Reatdealing a pewter pint pot from the shop of Solomon Rich, King's Pablic-house, Monmouth-street, and ordered to be sent to h ard r in the House of Correction for two months. p ri Z t lle fun era l o f t h e C ountess o f E ssex was str i ct l y e• The carriage of the Ca el family and the domestics c -' l ,; foll owed the remains to the grave. al3„,he ship City o f Edi n b urg h, C a ptain Ryan, with ao t c' 20 0 passen g er s on board, arrived safe at Belaz on the of the of August last, in 103 days from Plymouth. The wholeon© passeng ers l an d e d in good health, without the loss of gent the passa ge , an d they all immediately obtained employ- N s a t high wages. The demand for labour in the colony irFat beyond all precedent. ter IS gratifying to find that notwithstanding the f re 4 o u _ as,.ettled state of the weather, there is a remarkable dog trom disease in the metropolis and suburbs, consider °er " 'easier' of the year. Coughs and colds arc, it is true, ‘lici a ?! e valent, and t h e late frosts have exerted a most preju the infl uence on old an d i n fi rm . individuals, but on the whole, ,contrast between the state of health at present and that th aa filerinter of last y ear , i s mar k e d an d pleasing. The which lately prevailed to some extent in more ktte az i e ne district, app ears to be almost wholly gone, while the Irri d s o ',Wiiich in the eastern parts of town more especially, 41 . 11 a large number of young persons about six weeks "vs yL il c'w as rare as they have been at any time for the last j k tth' ---t Qay an inquest was taken before Mr. Stirling ~a3;racks Hounslow, on the body of private John Cowlv, (I‘vr--I,itiern L e an ' e ers, whO w died in consequence of the kick 'of w e o, . 8 • It appeared from the evidence that on Satur h 4pi tto `nist the deceased had been sent (as orderly) with 51 1 4 , 4 Put h e f. ° l, ' his Commanding Officer, and, on his return, k?rt timalirn h orse in the stable. After it had been there a asked out deceased passed it, when at that moment the tm`nel 'efl out with his off hind leg, and struck the deceased 'r part of th e stomac h . Th e deceased fell, w h en t wo ti ° l Vit a i iv ates ran to his assistance, and he was taken to the I t tu wh en Mr. James Moffat, surgeon to the regiment, stated tr tt e deceas e d was b roug ht to him he was sensible. ntl t ,'lßYs Z i at ecl for the injury, but gradually !ank, ,. and died tad A'''r th e cr . On a post mortent examination Ns itniss f?un ',nail intestires to have been ruptured. Verdict_ ental death." CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Jan. 26, 1838, made up from the Returns of Oa Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in Englanl and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat sls. 10d 1 Oats Barley 2Bs. 9d. 1 Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEN.XS PRECEDING. Wheat s:ii 3d .I Oats Barley £3 3 . 10d Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. - - Wheat 33s. Sd. (hts Barley l9s. 10d. I Rye Out of the one hundred and fifty towns from which the averages are taken, the highest weekly average of Wheat was at Guildford, where it was 645. ld., the lowest at Haverford West, where it was 42C 6d. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trasms.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay..... £4 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 5 Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 16 to £1 1e I Wheat Straw 1 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 10 to £4 15 gew Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clever Hay (extra fine , £6 0 Generally .. , ..... 5 if. 515 Oat Straw °l 1G is £1 IS I Wheat Straw 2 0 2 2 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay £4 15 to £5 0 gew Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Ilye.grass Hay Clover Hay 5 5 610 Old Straw XI lito£2 01 Wheat Straw HUNGERFORD MARKET. 10 to £4 15 O 0 0 15 5 • O 5 5 15 6 0 Is 2 0 Fish to-day in better supply, and prices lower, except for Turbot, which was from 78. to 205., and higher for very large; Soles, 9d. to Cs. per pair; Lobsters good, Is. to 3a. each; Cod, 2s. to Ps., and higher for very large; Haddock, 6d. to Is. 2d. Meat, not a great deal doing— Beef, 6p. to Sd. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd.; Veal, 7d. to 10d.; Pork, 64d. to Bd. Vegetables more plentiful and cheaper. Hay and Straw much as before, and in fair demand. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. To-day fish were in abundance, and with the exception of Turbot, much cheaper than yesterday. Cod is. and Is. 6d., and oa. and I Os. ; Soles, Is. and 2.5. 6d. and 4s. per pair ; Lobsters 9d. to 3s. each ; Whitings 3d. and 9d. ' • Haddocks 4d. and Is. Trade bette r . TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. P.Y.C. to-day is inactive at 495. 3d. The Oil Market is fiat, but not lower. SILK MARKET. There is not a very extensive business doing in this department' either in Italian or East Indian. The manufacturing trade is not now brisk—prices of the raw material are, however, firm. COLONIAL MARKETS. To-day there was but a slender business done in East or Veest India produce, still prices are very firm; and the tendency is to rise rather than otherwise. B.P. Sugar went but limitedly at yesterday's prices of 595. 6d. to 61s. 6d. for brown ; 625. to 635. 61. for yellow, low and good; and 645. to 655. 6d. for fine. Every other kind of Raw Sugar is firm; but no public sales to-day. There are enquiries privately for Foreign Sugar. Fine crushed refined is 395. and little better than nominal. Coffee is generally quiet, but stable. To-day there was a public sale of 8.?., which sold with spirit at fully previous rates when we loft. Good and fine ordinary 80s. to 103 s. and other kinds in proportion. Spices continue firm, and at a public sale of West India Ginger to-day, pre. vious rates were generally obtained for what sold. Rice (East India) sells with spirit privately, and must now be quoted at 13s. 6d. to 14s. for good middling white, which prices are 6d. higher. Rum remains very firm, and likely to be so. We have but little business advertised for the fu ture ; the chief of it is Cotton, large sales of which come on to-morrow. Nothing stirring to any extent in Canadian produce. The ice floating in the river in great abundance causes the arrivals at the Customs to be very slender at present. Saltpetre is not quite so firm as it was. To day there are some small public sales of Drugs, as is generally the case on Thursday. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. . At this morning's Market Cotton met with a good demand, which was fairly complied with by holders, there being plenty of sellers at yesterday's quotations. The entire transactions of this day amount to 4,000 bags. COAL MA. Per Ton. s. ,i.. gensham Burdon Hebburn Main Leaze's Main Russell's High Maln 2l 0 South Hartley 2l 0 l'anfield Moor 24 0 Townley 2l 0 Walls End Bewieke and C, , 24 3 Walls End Chilton l9 9 Walls Ensl Clark and Co 2l fi Walls End Heaton 2l 3 Walls End Hotspur Ships arrived since KE I'.—Jan. 31 Per Ton. s. d. Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarck 23 3 Walls End Northumberland 23 C Walls End BraddylPs Hetton 26 0 Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton 26 0 Walls End Lambton 26 9 Walls End Russel's Hetton 23 3 Walls End Adelaide 24 6 Walls End Nevin's Tanfield 2O 0 Walls End South Durham 24 3 Wails End Tees 25 0 Blythe l9 0 last market day, 0, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN, G THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bean.. Pease. B. t• B. Per Quarter. Abingdon....--. S. to S. 22 30 E. to 11. Ando - ver Birmingham--. Bridport 16 22 26 30 20 25 26 30 20 30 23 26 22 29 28 34 20 26 22 29 20 27 20 28 28 32 20 24 32 32 17 28 20 25 22 26 21 22 30 32 - 33 Cirencester Faringdon- Guildford Hereford • 32 io - 46 - 46 - 40 Highwortli Maidenhead Monmouth—„, Reading Salisbury - 56 34 44 3t 40 :33 42 41 46 - 42 - 46 - 40 34 39 35 - Southampton Stroud . Tewkesbury .—.— Uxbridge . _ Wantage---. Warminster Windsor-- 40 44 32 52 30 40 28 12 24 34 27 34 - 42 33 42 36 40 33 48 Worcester,-... 53 56 32 :',6 40 48 THE RIVER.—The thaw has now lasted three days, but the weather is so cold, and the ice on the river so thick, that there is very little diminution in quantity, and the navigation still remains almost entirely suspended. One ship was hauled out of the London Dock on Tuesday morning ; with great difficulty she made her way through the ice as far as Barking, in twenty. four hours, and by great exertion was enabled to leave the river yesterday. Title Albion steamer, after being locked up in the ice at Lireehouse for three days, came up the pool about the period of low water, when the stream was comparatively clear. The flood-tide brought up in the afternoon large masses of floating ice and snow ; some times blocking up the river from side to side. A few vessels, and among others two Irish traders, shifted from the lower to the upper pool, when the tide first began to make up, and were frequently exposed to great danger, the fields of ice pressing against them, and driving them towards the tiers. One vessel, a schooner, imbedded in ice, with her sails backing and filling, was driven against the outside vessel of a tier of colliers, lying near Prince's stairs, Rotherhithe, and some damage was d one t o b ot h vesse l s . O ne s hi p , i n endea vouring to bring up with her anchors, was unable to do so, owing to their sticking fast in the ice, and it was oily by the seamen getting into the ship's boat, and breaking the ice, when the anchors went down, that the vessel was saved from being carried against London-bridge. There are so many vessels waiting to go out, and others to discharge, that the owners, masters, and seamen are all anxious to get under weigh, although the risk of doing so, in the present state of the River, is very great. The Thames, below Greenwich, presents a dreadful appear ance ; enormous bl oc k s o f ice and snow are floating about, doing much injury to the shipping. The damage done to the numerous tiers of vessels and steamers going adrift at Deptford, yesterday week, is estimated at 40,0001. A hostile meeting took place a few days ago be tween two young English officers at St. Omer, and the ball of one of the combatants penetrated the thigh of the other. A judicial investigation has been commenced with regard to this affair of honour, which, however, is said t o h ave b een con ducted quite en regle. One of the seconds has been arrested. —Gallignani. A very strong apprehension of serious accidents was yesterday excited in the Clapham-road, but all mischief was prevented by the intrepid conduct of an individual. As Mrs. Ball's (of Fire-proof house, Clapham-road) carriage was waiting for her at her door, the spirited horses took fright, and ran off at full speed towards Kennington-common. As they were passing Mr. Tullet's, the respected landlord of the Greyhound, at Kennington, the hostler, who was standing near the door, with great intrepidity seized the rein of the near horse and succeeded in stopping the carriage without any injury having been done. Mrs. Ball, who was within a minute of stepping into the carriage when the horses ran off, on being informed of the manner in which all damage had been pre vented, rewarded the hostler with a sovereign. As a proof of the extreme cold produced by miming snow and salt together, and its injurious effect on animal life, we may mention a circumstance which happened within our own observation. A young man who was ignorant of the very low temperature produced by what chemists call the "freezing mixture," undertook for a trifling wager to hold his hand in a basin full of snow and salt for fifteen minutes. He won the wager, but at the expense of his hand. It was so paralysed as to remain powerless ever after.—Bolton Free Press. MUSICAL INVENTION.-Mr. Chipp, the eminent performer on the kettle-drums, has recently introduced an in vention by which those powerful auxiliaries to a full orchestra are rendered much more manageable to the player, and brought nearer to musical accuracy. The improvement con sists in a series of ribs of iron, extending from the screws by which the drum-head was heretofore tightened, to the bottom of the copper vessel forming the drum. These ribs, whiCh do not touch the drum, and consequently cause no un pleasant vibration, are attached at the bottom to a ring of iron, connected with the tripod that supports the drum. The ring is acted upon in a way we have not room to explain, by a lever worked by an endless screw and universal joint. The performer by this contrivance has the power, by turning a handle, to bring into tension, or to slacken, at one operation, the parchment-head of the drum, and thus with facility arid dispatch, to change his drums from one key to another. Should the inequalities of the parchment, or any other cause, render it necessary, he still can tune his drums by screws on the old principle, which remain attached to the ribs of iron, and can be used to tighten or slacken the skins at any point. One great merit of the invention is, that while the player is afforded the means of adjusting his instrument with promptitud e and certainty, what ever change of key the composer may hare directed, the audience are not annoyed by hearing the rattling of the spanners. by which the screws were turned, nor the pounding which drummers frequently amuse themselves with before the commencement of an overture, while trying whether they have succeeded inattaining the key -note of the compoition. The tone of the drums is improved by the invention, from the nuts to receive the screws not being attached to the circum ference of the drum. There are at present 193 daily and weekly News papers published in Dermark, and 46 which appear at inter vals of 15 days or a month. Denmark contains a population of 900,000, so that one periodical is published there for every 3,765 inhabitants. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, PEI3RUARY 1, 1838 LLOYD'S SHIPPING (THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind, N.E., fresh breeze.--Arrived and remains in the Downs, the Mountaineer, from Demerara; also a brig, name unknown, anchored under the Blake. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind, E.N.E„ fine.— Arrived the St. Jnmes, Seboy, from New York. Sailed on the 6th inst. the Causton, Jarvis, for St. Michael's ; Eclipse, Munden, for Guernsey ; Grace, Damon, for ditto; Friends, Brown, for Waterford; Maria, Renetres, for Batavia ; William, Medley, for Guernsey. Passed by the Demerara, Planter, Willis, from Demerara. Sailed, the Sovereign, transit, Winter, to Cork ; Pulback Hampshire, Temperley, for London. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30. Wind E.—Arrived the Rockers, Waterhouse, from Demerara; Azores, royal packet, Gibson; from St, Michael's ; Tretcarthen, Tonkin, from Palermo; Shannon, (steamer), from Dublin Sailed, the Tiger, Canadian, Royal William, Fair Arcadian, Spermaceti, Lord of the Isles, and Dominica, for London ; the Sprightly, for Ports mouth,F A,m a o n u d i 3 Sir F. B. (, Head, A for rr i eHull.d the Mina, Duff, from St. 'Mi c h ael ' s ; Lord Anson, Picol, from Gallipoly ; City of Londonderry (steamer), from Gibraltar—left on the 19th ult., Cadia on the 20th, Lisbon and Vigo; Antigua (packet), M`Knight, from Berbice ; Five Brothers, Crabb, from Licata; Speedy (packet), from Denia ; lanthe, M'Kenzie, from Limerick, with loss of bulwarks and short of bread; Sh annon (steamer), Mills, from Dnblin. A rrived off port the Cragg, from Callao ; City of Edinburgh, from Sydney, New South Wales. September 10.— Sailed the Heria (steamer), Middleton, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar; Miranda, Colvin, for Dunkirk; Minerva, Terry, for Hull ; Henry, Bishop, for Liverpool ; Gateshead Park, Gray, for New. castle ; Hortensia, Reed, for London ; Curlew, Christian, for Dublin, and about 80 sail of coasters bound to the eastward and around laud. Speakings.—Brig Nelson, off Guernsey, out 48 days, on the 29th of November, off Rio Janeiro ; Schooner Halcyon, off Guernsey, from Cadiz for Rio Janeiro, on the Bth December, by the Tyrian Packet, the commander of which vessel was informed on the 21st Decem ber, off Pernambuco, that the Lyra Packet, from England, had arrived at Pernambuca on the 15th, and left on the 17th for Bahia. The Brig lanthe, from Limerick, passed off Scilly several cases and a quan. tity of loose tallow. BataroL, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Shepherdess, Turner, from Messina. DARTMOUTH, Jart.3l.—Arrived tile ELza Ann, Love, from St. Mi. chaels ; Pole Tender, Vivins, from St. Michaels ; Wilhelmina, from Torravechia LivizarooL, JAN. 31.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrived the George the Fourth, from Newry ; Corsair steamer, from Belfast ; and Bri.. tannia, from Dublin. Off port the Parker, from Demerara. Sailed the Ranger, for Batavia ; Lee, for Barbadoes ; Mary Worrell, for Lima and Sisters, for Naples. COWER, „TAN. 31.—Arrived the Cecil a, Beckman, for Manilla. Off port the Ruth, Cundell, from the Black Sea. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. o.—The Midas, Clark, is reported to have sailed from Odessa with the Defiance, Kamm, lost near Chiba, and as she not arrived fears are entertained for her safety. The Hebe, how_ ever, which had been missing much longer, has arrived safe. The weather .ontinues exceedingly bad. The Crescent, which was run foul of by a Russian brig of war, has sustained considerable damage. The Hero, Allen, from Capiapo, is on shore near Swansea, and it is feared will go to pieces. The Nayaden, Carphona (coal laden), was on shoreat Shields the 30th ult , after being scuttled. The Breeze, Tozer, bound to St. Michael's, put back to Plymouth, with damage, and mainmast sprung. The Thalia, Eiden, was driven - on shore at Madras during A violent gale the 6th November. The Indus, Hamel!, from Jamaica to Norfolk, was driven on shore at Cape Hatteras the 18th December; crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) TWELVE 0' CLOCK The news received this morning from Upper Canada of the boarding of the American steamer Caroline, by which unfortunate event seve ral American citizens have lost their lives, has caused some sensation in the city, as well as affected the British funds ; but according to ac. counts received the above steamer was purchased from the Americans by the rebels at Navy Island, for the purpose of supplying them with provisions and ammunition from the American shores. Should this prove correct, the British were justified in destroying the steamer. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday heavy at 92, opened very heavy this morning at 91 , soon after receded to 91% sellers. Xxchequer Bills 61 to 63 ; India Bonds, 61 ; Bank Stock, 206. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. Spanish Active, , with Coupons ; Portuguese lower, 27i; Brazilian 74 73. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock . 205 Y.; India &tit& ... 1:64 3 •1 . . . 1... ......... -- - _,. . _ 3 per Cent. Ito,' 92V, 2 1 , otto Bonds 3 per Cont. Cons 314 ner Cent.-- ........ . .......%.... ......_%% l S o o :d u tl: ,,, F ; e i, a .lit S i e n , ick ... . 2 . ; ............. : ............ 1i ) .1% , I Ditto Red. lOO% 100%4 69% New llitto , Nevi , 3% per Ceui 99 T s %N 1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751.... New 5 per Cent... • Exco z3i I is, .:C, :. 00, hl 55 68 dra Bank Long Annuitl es t oex pi re Di tto .500 61 55 69 ow. Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, i 9.59 14 15-16% Ditto Commercia' Jan. 5, 1960 14 11-16' Ditto Advertised — sin Jan. 5, iBBO ......... ........... Bank Stock fer Account 205% April 5, 1680...,,,, — , Ind!, stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1870 -- I Consols for Acconnt 91% %% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Pertugueseßonds — Brazilian Bonds .... ..... ......75 434% Ditto Account _ Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds . Dit to Account 2 7%:‘; Ditto Account — Ditto, 3 per cent......... ..... 13 2 , ,hillian Londe — Prussian Bondr _ Ditto Account Columbian Bonds.. 22le S Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian 130nd5,1824... ...... 25,' ' Spanish Bonds ........... ...- — Ditto Account Dinigh 80nd5.... ~.-... ...... Ditto Account Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent.......... —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ------- 4 per cent —l. —c. Ditto Account ......... ......., ---- 3 per cent Mexican Bon,:, 5 per cont.... —-- Exchange —f —c. Ditto Account ......--..... Dutch, 234 per cent 52% %Ditto, 6 per cect. Ditto Account 27 %34 Ditto, 'i rer cont. lO2 1'%,, Ncapalitan.- ..... .... — Ditto Account lOl% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Real del Monte Milling Co., Registered 611. 10s. (hi. al Ditto Unregistered — 15% 16% , o - mingham and Derby Railway Company 2O 17 Bri.tol and Exeter Railway Company l9 4 Cheltenham and Great Western Railway E sterri Counties Railway 3 134% Fear Western Rail wa y C ompany ...... Brii - thton Railway compaily London and Blackw a ll R a il way London and Southampton Railway Company 5O 39% London aid Southampton (New , Railway 5 21 20% London and Croydon Railway Company Ditto Scrip 5 14 Mmeliester anti Leeds Railway Company ‘l,,nchester anti Birmingham Railway 7 8% N'rth Midland Railway Company 25 25% National Bank of Irelano 17% 10 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY 30. 3 per Cent. Consols 9l X, ' Grans! Canal Debs. S per cent. 91 1 4 Ditto Reduced — Ditto, 4 per cent. 3% per Cent. Stock 59 Hibernian Bank .................... —... Ditto New, H3O ..... 1 ,9•1i City of Dublin Steam Company —_ 3% per Cent. Debentures Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock ......... ____ HALF-PAST ORE O'CLOCK. Consols still continue heavy at 911 for the Account. Exchequer Bills 61 56 58 ; India Bonds also lower, 15 premium, those to be paid ofF Bank Stock 2061 ; India do. 2641. - - In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 191 I with Coupons ; Brazi lian 74i ; Portuguese 27i ; Three per Cents 181 ; Dutch 234 per Cents., 52% I. _ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Aoeount, 1)1 The Duchess of Gordon has abandoned her in. intention of returning to Bolgrave-square this season. Her Grace has passed the preceding part of the winter at Huntley Lodge in Scotland. On the night of Thursday, eight head of cattle be longing to Mr. Emanuel Pritchard, of Easton Grey, near Malmesbury, strayed from their field into an adjoining brake. Two of the number, a very fine three-year old heifer in sea son, and a valuable cow near calving, have since died, it is supposed from having eaten some poisonous shrub when feed ing in the plantation. The heifer, on going to a pool to drink, dropped down and expired, and some yew tree was found in her stomach. Monday, in consequence of the thaw, which had the probability of a continuance, Mr. Pritchard, the Superin tendent of the Royal Humane Society, accompanied by some of his men, proceeded to the spot where the melancholy acci dent occurred on Sunday, the 14th inst. After breaking the ice for a considerable distance, and frequently using the drags, they at length proceeded in dragging up the body of a gentle man dressed in black. Last night, about half-past seven o'clock, as a gen tleman named Atkins was crossing Pall-mall he was by some means or other prostrated on the road under the feet of the horses of the Duke of Brunswick's carriage, and before the coachman could pull up, the fore-wheel of the carriage had reached his body. On the coach being stopped some persons who were passing attempted to rescue the unfortunate man from his perilous situation, when it was discovered that the fore wheel of the carriage was resting on Mr. Atkins's arm. With assistance he was conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where, on examination it was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the arm, and other injuries. ay t p o f r o o n m d an morning , c a o n luggage f r l a 3 i a a g r r g i o v n e s d o r a t m e L r s i f ; - ; disc, drawn by fiv e eng i nes . All ow i ng ten yar d s to each engine, and fiftee n f ee t t o eac h waggon, t h e tra i n must has extended upwards of 615 yards. A tailor, having heard a great deal about the famous cow-cabbage, went to see it. "Is that all ?" said he, " Why that's nothing to the cabbage I have seen I" COTTAGES NEAR QUEBEC.-Crossing the St. Charles River by a woo d en d raw b r i dge, where we paid a toll of Is. 3d., and passing the Marine Hospital, one of the largest buildings in Quebec, we proceeded down the right bank of the St. Lawrence for nearly nine miles, passing a number of cot tages on both sides of the road, and the straggling village of Beaufort. The cottages, in their general appearance and neatness, having a flower garden in front and flowers inside, recal to mind those of the mother country, France; the ma jority of the inhabitants of Lower Canada being of French ex traction, and retaining their original language. Their form, sprightl y dispositi on , d ress, an d manners, are to this day de cidedly French. They live separate from the British, re fusing to amalgamate with them, and of late years scarcely holding any intercourse with them, owing to the difference in politics. On the other hand, they readily suit themselves to the Indian character. There is a very striking contrast be tween their cottages and those of the Irish, who come next to them in number. Looking out of almost every French cot tage we observed a pretty girl, the very picture of cheerfulness, and the interior was always very neat and clean. The build ing is of one story, and generally contains a single apartment, with a large stove in the centre, and wooden bedsteads in the corners ; but sometimes there is a bedroom apart. The Irish cottages, although of the same size, and constructed of the same materials—being built of wood, and covered with shingles, are much less neat and cleanly. The shingles are thin pine boards, which, after exposure to the weather for some time, so much resemble slates in appearance, that a stranger would readily take them for such. Even the Irish children seen about the cottages have a very 'different appearance from the French—the former being demure and dogged, while the latter are all liveliness and full of frolic. —Logan's Journey through Canada. MAGAZINE DAY BLACK WOOD'S MA GA ZINE. There is an ingeniously conceived tale in this number, which would make a very graceful and sprightly burletta for the St. James's or the Olympic. It is entitled " New Year's Night," and professes to be from the German, though we suspect it is of home growth. It turns upon the nocturnal adventures of a young watchman, who meet ing in his rounds with a Prince, something eclipsed by strong waters—for accidents will happen in the most ex alted families—is prevailed on by the young and reckless sprig of Royalty to change dresses with him. Thus dis guised, with a mask before his face, the watchman goes to a large Court party, where, on the supposition that he is the actual Prince, he is made privy to divers secrets of a more amusing than moral character ; while his Royal Highness, in his capacity of a watchman, gets himself into an infinite variety of scrapes, from his very noisy and un official mode of conducting business. These incidents are slight enough, you will say ; but they are worked up with considerable tact, in an airy and sportive spirit. We do not know when we hare travelled over twenty-two pages— of which the tale consists—with so much ease and gratifi cation. " Legendary Lore" displays occasional eloquence and feeling, but is rather too fantastic in its character. A Skeleton and a Suit of Armour are represented as conversing together—lively gossips !—at midnight in the interior of a ime-worn chapel. Both are moralists, and both, as might be expected, are addicted to trope and metaphor ; but their speeches are too long, and of that mystical character which in the House of Commons is apt to afflict Hon. Members with a violent catarrhal affection. " One Heart for Two Loves" is a just and caustic notice of one of those maudlin extravagant romances which are just now so popular in " Young France," and which prove that, in literature at least, she has not yet come to years of discretion. From the article 'ycleped " A Sketch of the Canadas," we quote an account of the winter pastimes of the Colonists : " Every man prepares his sleigh or eairole ; all business is at an end and amusement, or rather amusements of every kind, become the great business of life. Friends who have not seen each other for the half.. year before, now renew their intercourse. Balls and dinners follow in rapid succession. Picnic parties are given in all directions. The snow-storm may block them up, but it renews the face of the country with a fresh covering, and those sons and daughters of gaiety fly at full speed over an unobstructed landscape, with a delight actually enhanced by the severity of the season. But travelling over the rivers and lakes is sometimes hazardous. Even in the severest frost, there are weak places to be occasionally found in the ice, which the moment they are touched by the sleigh give way and carry down the horse, the vehicle, and all that it contains. In general, however, those weak places are of small size, and if a moment is allowed, the driver jumps on the strong ice, seizes the rope, which, in contemplation of such accidents, is round every horse's neck, and drags him from the water. It is a curious fact, that the established way of escape on those occasions, is to begin by strangling the horse. As soon as the noose is drawn tight and his windpipe thus stepped, the horse becomes motionless, floats on his side, and is easily dragged to the solid ice, where, on the noose being opened, respiration soon returns, and the horse in a few minutes is gal loping away as spiritedly as ever, while if he had been suffered to strug gle, he would only have exhausted himself and finally sunk. This acci dent and this recovery has been known to occur so much as three times a day to the same horse. But travelling on the frozen lakes is more dangerous still, from vast rifts which run from side to side, from one to six feet broad. The drivers, when they see no other mode of passing, sometimes make the desperate attempt to bring up the horse at full gal lop, and leap across, sleigh and all. A slip here is all but inevitable ruin. A still more formidable danger, however, arises from the snow storm. A snowfall is often accompanied by a furious gale of wind, which, while the sir is filled with the snow, covers all tracks, oblite rates all land-marks, and leaves the traveller helpless and bewildered in the midst of a new formed desert." " Loss of our Goldea Key" is from the pen of that ve nerable sage, Christopher North. It alternates between the mirthful and the mournful—the sweet and the bitter. In one page it is critical ;in another metaphysical. Here it learnedly discusses the culinary science ; there, the most inspired portions of Homer's Odyssey. In some of the most rambling passages, we think we recognise the inspiration of a genial tumbler of whiskey-toddy—especially in those which discuss the long disputed question of what consti tutes a good dinner. The writer is very emphatic on this point.He fish, which, lie adds, should be eaten with a fork, as in the good old times. This is sound doctrine, and the modern fashion of eating it with a bit of bread, a " damnable he resy" which cannot be too resolutely eschewed. Besides, it requires a long apprenticeship, and is apt to be attended with the most humiliating results to the unpractised, who after chasing a slippery bit of salmon about their plate, with a wedge of bread an inch thick, not unfrequently fiad the fishy fragment swim off en the table-cloth, or into their next neighbour's lap, infinitely to the delight of an admiring company whose countenances are, of course, refulgent with smiles at the spectacle of such a ridiculous mishap ! " Mi nisterial Policy in the Canadas" is a most vicious diatribe, and kicks, like a dray-horse, at the Melbourne Cabinet. Hard words, however, are not arguments, and this article has little but its ferocious expletives, to recommend it. We subjoin a ballad by Mr. Symeions, which, for vigor and dramatic effect, is one of the most striking poems that ever appeared in Blackwood. Sweet solemn Venice I o'er thee fade Eve's latest hues of glory, While by yon shadowy colonnade Near Balbi's palace hoary, A youth with passion -kindled lip, And Taste's harmonious hand, Must still devoted vigil keep Invoking Beauty bland. Appear, my ladye-love, appear-- Look from thy latticed bower, And bless his sight wh• watch es hero The livelong twilight hour. The stars are out and why shouldst thou, My peerless One, delay To flash upon me from thy brow A far diviner ray ? But others gaze upon thee now, And drink thy glorious smile, And make t h y spirit mindless how; gracious gate Hine maddens here th e w hil e. f s o e r cg t and hou With i c t o h n: T i l u e n g e ? LoacAh, truant , why should thei r d u ll pra i se My ok Make gladness of my glo om ! Lo I jealous eye and ear are far-- And fast the evening flies ; Th e n loiter not, thou lo ve l y star, Young moon of be auty r i se Or is thy faith, like fl ower spray, broke, And" -- God I that leapi ng start I Keen, sudden, home —the poina r d' s s t ro k e Has split his very heart While on the air hi s song yet gushes, Life's stifled fount a i n stops ; Dead on the rebeck. that h e crus h es, Th e young Battista drops. And ere his murderer's skulking shade Has left the moonbeam bare, Damp in the soiling dust are laid Those curls of chesnut hair. Forth from her bower the maiden wended, At l o ve's victorious call, Where broad the marble steps descended, Upon the blue canal : A sudden brightness with her bringing, As though from out the main Its light the vanished da y was flingin g Through s unset ' s gate again. " By yonder shaft be leans to hide, The proud impatient boy__ I'll steal upon his sone. I" she cried, In girlhood's rosy joy. And glancing on like cushat fleet, She gained the sad moonshine • By Heaven, she stumbles ! and her feet Are plashing —not in wine. One 100k —but come---We'll leave her there, To madness and the moon • A sweet l ute s h r i ver ' d by Despair,' With every string in tune. A glori ous bud from vernal earth, Snapt as i ts bloom was blown— , A grace in beauty's bounding mirth, Struck instantly to stone. PICKWICK ABROAD, OR, THE TOUR IN FRANCE. It is very vexatious to be obliged to praise what one does not like. If " Pickwick Abroad" were not a work " built upon another man's foundation," we should say it was one of the cleverest and most original production of the modern British press. The mannerism of " Boz" is copied with a servility which could only be redeemed by the humour with which his wit is imitated ; and we rise from the First /slum ber with only the regret that Charles Dickens himself had not written it ; and, to the actual author, we must say Va' imitatores, servum yecus." NEW MONTHLY. The " Diving Beli"—the second part of which appears in this month's Number—is a good idea, the nature of which is sufficiently explained by the motto—" to visit the wrecks of literature, and bring to the light what is rich and rare iu their cargoes, is the service to which we devote our diving-bell." The article is indeed a sort of Retrospective Review, which will, we suppose, be continued monthly, until the materials are exhausted. The one before us is a notice of Captain Falconer's Advent ,Ures a work which was tho delight nod wonder of Scott's boyhood. " Thou can'st not Forget Me," is a die-away, drawing-room sort of ballad, very much in Haynes Bayly's most sentimental manner. It is exceedingly sugary, and in consequence rather cloying. The first and last stanzas are the best :___ " Thou can'st not forget me for go where thou wilt Thro' storm or thro' sunshine, some vision of me, Some dream we have cherished, some hope we have built, Shall follow thee ghost-like o'er land and o'er sea! In the halls of the great—in the haunts of the gay— In the gloom of the cloister, or glare of the crowd, I will pass like a cloud o'er thy gladness by day, I will darken thy night-feast of mirth like a shroud, " Thou can'st not forget me! for if at thy call, Each bliss that love knows, thou couldst summon once more To share with another,—thoud'st still be my thrall— I have summoned them all to our banquets before ! And the curse is upon thee—the wildest, the worst That ever Hate beat on the head of its foe ; What hearts feel but once, those hast fell with me first, All henceforth thou feelest, the vilest may know." " Some passages in the Life of Major Gahagan" is an admirable extravaganza. The Major is an Irish Mun chausen of the most outrageous character. His lies are " monstrous, palpable," like Jack Falstaff's, and he tells them with as much easy and intrepid effrontery. Con greve's Captain Bluff, or Ben Jonson's Bobadil, arc mere matter-of-fact anecdote-mongers compared with this inventive, Shannon-baptis e d Milesian. From the broad humour of this capital sketch, we feel inclined to attribute it to the pen of O'Doherty. At any rate, it is not un worthy of the author of " First Love" —one of the most truly comic papers that ever appeared in Blackwood. " Female Portrait Gallery" is an analysis of Scott's character of Constance, in " Marmion." We quote just one sentence from this criticism, because it convinces us that Miss Landon is well-versed in the pages of Dryden—that she has something more than a mere su perficial acquaintance with that first of the second-rate poets :—" With the most splendid and vigorous versifica tion, with an energy of satire and wit that had the point of the dagger and the weight of the axe, Dryden was deficient in what Scott possessed. He lacked the picturesque which calls up yesterday, and the sentiment which links it with to-day." This is not less justly than tersely said. Dryden was almost wholly deficient in the picturesque, though something approaching to it may be seen in passages of his Theodore and Honoria. He was a first-rate versifier, but a second-rate poet ; for he had an examining, not a be lieving, mind ; and the highest imagination is always the fullest of faith. The " Phantom Ship," by Captain Mar ryat, is as entertaining as ever. We cannot give it higher praise, " Little Pedlington in a Pucker" is by Poole. Portions of it are cleverly written, but as a whole, it is heavy. PARBURY'S ORIENTAL HERALD, No. H, This is a valuable accession to our colonial literature, and contains a sufficiently copious digest of information, which must be considered generally interesting, from the British presidencies, and the Eastern nations. The first article in the present Number gives" Ten Minutes Advice to the Outward Bound," which should be gratefully attended to by every lady about to make the voyage to the land of old husbands and new fortunes. The article upon " Com merce with Japan," is highly interesting, and shows that the people of that great nation, are by no means so impractica ble in their intercourse with Europeans. We are glad to learn that the law authorities in India are determined to put down the disreputable and dishonest practice, which has long prevailed in the precidencies, of pirating British works. From the Cape of Good Hope we have the fol lowing news of the boors, who, with their families, have lately emigrated, with the view of establishing a new repub lic in South Africa :--- MOYENIENTS OF TUB DITIGRANT FARMERS.—The subjoined informa tion had been received respecting the movements of the self-expatriated farmers :—" Mr. Retief, with a large majority of the farmers, had re solved to proceed to Port Natal, and encamp, while Maritz, with a few dependents, determined to remain in the country from whence Matzali katse's people were lately driven." Retief's adherents were divided into six parties, for the convenience of pasturage, and lived in perfect har mony. The party under P. Uys and others were about to join Retief, and to cross the mountain chain, if practic.ble, which separates them from the Natal country ; or if not, to return and pursue the route by the Windvogelberg. A document to the following effect has been circu. lated amongst the emigrants who were on their way to join Relief:— " CALEDON, 14TH AUGUST, 1837,—(Translation.)—Resolutions adopted by the exiles and travellers from the Cape of Good Hope, now on their journey to select the country called Port Natal as their seaport. Reso lution Ist.—To inspect the extent of country adjoining. 2d.—That we have placed ourselves under certain Chiefs, as Field Commandants, as protecting leaders over us, to investigate and redress all grievances that may occur amongst us. 3d.—We adhere to the Christian religion. 4th.—We shall regulate ourselves in our exile by the old Burgher regu lations and duties. sth.—We purpose to establish our settlem.nt on the same principles of liberty as those adopted by the United States of America, carrying into effect as far as practicable our Burgher laws. Signed by 170 Emigrant Farmers." THE ASIATIC JOURNAL. No. Will W. 11. Allen and Co. This Number is admirable for the variety and interest of its contents, and the excellence of its arrangement. It commences with a compendious review of Eastern affairs, from which we learn that society in the East is fairly in progress of amelioration. To the curious in Hindoo litera ture " The Vow of Sunjotga," from the poem of the Rajpoot bard Chund, translated by the late Col. Tod, will prove a rich treat, as will also the very able and learned essays, under the title of " Selections and Reflections," in which the Asiatic and Greek poets are compared with each other, and with some English poets as Pope, Cowper, Swift, &c. In the article on Thuggee we have some new and cu rious particulars of that execrable creed, and amongst others, that the Thugs derived a comfortable confirmation of the Divine origin of their practices from the figures and sym bols exhibited in the caves of Ellora. The following are the statements of the approvers at the recent trial of a gang of Thugs : " FERINGEEA.—Every one of the operations is:to be seen there : in one place, you see men strangling; in another, burying the bodies ; in another, carrying them off to the graves. There is not an operation in Thuggee that is not exhibited In the caves of Ellora. " Santa Itinarq.—l have seen the sotha (inveigler) sitting upon the same carpet with the traveller, and in close conversation with him, just as we when we are worming out their secrets. In another place the strangler has got his rootnal over his neck, and is strangling him; while another, the Chumochee is holding him by the legs. " NASlR.—These I have also seen; and there is no mistaking them. " FERINGEEA.—I have seen these two, and also;the Lughas carrying away the bodies to the grave, and the sextons digging the grave with the sacred pickaxe: all is done just as if we had ourselves done it—nothing could be more exact. " Nasta.—lt could not have been done by Thugs, because they would never have exposed the secret of their trade ; and no other human being could have done it.—lt must be the work of the gods: human hands could never have performed it." " Horse-racing amongst the Ancient Arabians" is a col lection of different versions of a horse-race which occa sioned a forty years' war between two powerful tribes before the time of Mahomet ; but each account is too long for extract. We must also content ourselves with barely re ferring our readers to the review of Wasted's Travels, the Tale of Lucknow, and the mass of oriental and colo nial intelligence with which this excellent periodical is stored. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. TV. Curry, and Co, Whilst we must admit that this periodical is conducted with great ability, we cannot but reprobate the obvious in sincerity which pervades its political essays, and which is perhaps more elaborate and conspicuous in the articles in the present Number, entitled " Lord Mulgrave's Defence," and " National Education," than in any similar efforts of misrepresentation which degraded former Numbers. " The Boomerang, and its Vagaries," is an amusing ex planation of the peculiar motion of that Australian mis sile, which appears to be the favourite toy of the " College Boys," of Dublin, to the great annoyacce of the author, and the no small danger of their own heads. " Farda rougha," is a clever tale, and written by one who has an intimate acquaintance with the good and the had points of Irish character. The " Confessions of Harry Lor requer," are (in parts) amusing, but too long; and we can say but little iu commendation of the poetry (if we may so call it) of the present Number. THE CHURCHMAN. TV. E. Painter. A tolerable notion of the style, temper, and talent of this monthly champion of the Church-in-danger may be formed by a glance at two or three extracts taken at ran dom from the principal essay in the present Number, under the title of " Liberalism," and beginning with the following elegant and eloquent exordium :—" Notwithstanding that the subtleties with which our opponents contrive to bolster up their fallacious opinions have been exposed again and again by a train of successive (query —successful ?) and able writers, yet we have still the same monotonous note of dis cord incessant ly rung from the tocsin of cant." Farther on the friends of the Church-in-danger aro thus addressed : " Throw off such guilty supineness, and rouse your dormant e nergies—show that you are possessed of vigilant courage, devoted patriotism, a willing arm, and a firmness of purpose which is of itself—(which ?)—sufficient to strike terror into the ruffian spirit. Penury. dissent. infidelity. and demo- cracy." We must not forget that the author of this pious, peaceful, and benevolent invocation, has just been depre cating " universal toleration, and indiscriminate charity: We are told afterwards that the " Russellite treacherous Commission, and the Broughamite infidel horrible educa tion scheme," must be defeated, or the " Church is not worth ten years' purchase." We can believe the accom plished and Christian editor, that he never " read a novel in his life," and that he learned humanity and tolerance from his favourite Book of Exodus, without note or com ment. In this precious sample of Church of England learning, taste, and charity, even the Wesleyan Methodists, who are not Dissenters, are assailed with a scurrility and rancour which we believe can be found to blot no other portion of modern English literature but that which is devoted to the Church. THE STATISTICAL JOURNAL. Pixley. . . The intrinsic worth of this periodical goes on increasing with every succeding Number; and, if it continue to be con ducted with the same care, discrimination, and ability, that it is at present, its success is certain. The arrange ment of the statistical tables is excellent—so simple that the merest tyro in political science may study them with as much facility as Marshall, or Joseph Hume. In the Num ber before us are three very clever articles, based on, and illustrative of, official returns made by the Governments of thci United States, Russia, and France. " Crime in France," is an article worthy of the attention of the philo sopher, the philanthropist, and the legislator. THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE, No. XXIV. J. Wild. In the present Number there is a great deal of scientific and practical information on the subject of railways, which must be of important use to engineers, directors, and others interested in the formation and management of such works. The article " On Railway Constants," by S. Jones, Esq., is curious and interesting, but intelligible only to the scientific reader ; but the continuation of Mr. Herapath's account or his experiments to determine the ratio of temperatures, and the point of absolute cold, will be read with pleasure and in struction by every one who takes the least interest in ex perimental philosophy. In the miscellaneous intelligence we find the following description of a novel travelling car riag e A carriage has just been built for George Newman, Esq., of Bedford place, Kensington, which, for elegance and comfort in travelling, sur passes anything we have ever seen. It is divided into two compartments, one being used as an ante waiting room, and the other as a drawing.. room or bed-room, with every comfort, convenience, and elegance that could be desired. The ante-room contains a table, drawers, and culinary utensils; the drawing-room, reclining sofas, sofa bedsteads, six chairs, table, cupboards, Sc. &c., and a splendid chandelier of nine lights in the middle. A stove and fuel for warming is also taken. The length of the carriage is 25 feet, the breadth 9, height of the body 9, and length of drawing room 20. The whole weighs 2 tons. The following also will be read with interest : In our last, we noticed some experiments made by Mr. Reich, for the purpose of determining the mean density of the earth. About two years ago, a committee was appointed by the Royal Astronomical Society for a similar, but much more extended object. Want of funds and other circumstances have from time to time occasioned delay. At length her Majesty's Government, having been satisfied of the importance of the subject, have granted 5001. towards defraying the expenses; and the apparatus is now in the course of erection at the house of Mr. Francis Bally. The best idea we can give of the high importance of these ex periments is, that they will probably determine whether that governing principle, attraction or gravity, which retains the planets in their orbit:, and binds all bodies together, be or be not a property impressed by the Deity on matter ; or whether it be, as Newton supposed, the operations of an extremely subtile fluid pervading all space, which, by its unequal pressure on opposite sides of the particles of matter, causes that tendency called attraction, cohesion, &c. If it should be found that the same body, at different temperatures, attracts another body with different in tensities, it will be a proof that gravity is not a property of matter. The experiments are therefore to be tried under different temperatures, and with different substances. If it should be found also that different bodies do not attract in proportion to their weights, this will present another important fact, namely, that action and reaction in gravity are not, as has been supposed, equal. Indeed, it is impossible to anticipate what may be elicited from such inquiries. To a discovery of the nature of at traction will probably be added that of heat, light, magnetism, electricity, &c. ; and probably a complete revolution in many of our scientific ideas. The experiments, however, we know by experience are extremely deli.. cate. We arc right glad they are undertaken under such auspices, and we believe they are in hands that will not be beaten off until they have compelled dame Nature to furnish us with the secrets we want to know [ln consequence of the heavy press of American news, we are compelled to defer the rest of the Magazines till to morrow.] COURT CIRCULAR. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Judge Advocate-General had also an audience of the Queen yesterday, to submit to her Ma_! jesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. ' The Royal dinner party, last evening, at the New Palace, included Baron d'Ompteda, the Earl and Countess of Lich field, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscount Morpeth, Lady F. Howard, Mr. and Lady C. Lascelles. A Committee Meeting of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council was held yesterday at the Council Office, to consider certain petitions for and against granting charters to Birmingham and Chatham. The Lords present were, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Committee sat two hours. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave a grand dinner, last evening, as Lord President of the Council, to the Cab'Atet Ministers and the great Officers of State, at his Lorthatip?s, residnece in Berkeley-square. The roll of Sheriffs for the; present year was settled during the evening, preparatory to its being submitted to her Majesty in Council. The lion. William Bathurst, the Clerk of the Council in waiting, at tended. The Earl of Radnor and Captain Kerr had interviews with Lord Glenelg, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Turkish Ambassador and the Neapolitan Minister trans— acted business, at the Foreign Office. Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Col.o - Office, from the Governor of Malta, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George honoured Drury-lane Theatre, with their presence on Saturday evening last, and occupied_ her Majesty's private box. The performances were for benefit of the Jews' Orphan Asylum. This institution affo':d s maintenance, clothing, and education to male and feraale children destitute of both parents, and has at the present, time twenty-four children wholly dependent upon its bounty. The result of the undertaking proved highly beneficial to the funds of the charity. The Princess de Soutzo arrived at Mivart's Hotel last evening, accompanied by her family, four sons and two daughters, from Dover. Sir Robert Peel, Prince Paul Lieven, Count Pozzo di Borgo, Baron Bulow, Baron and. Baroness de Cette, Count de Antoni, Count Phillip de Rohaw. Cabot, the Turkish Ambafsador, Baron Goode, Baron ae Bourqueney, Sir Robert Chester, and Count Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borgo were among the visitors to the Noble Princess yesterday at the above hotel. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby are entertain ing a party at Grimsthorpe, in Lincolnshire; among whom are the Earl of Clare and some of the neighbriuring families. The funeral of Lord Farnhorouti took place on Friday last, at Waltham Cross. The carriages of the Coun tess of Bridgewater, the Earl and Countess of Brownlow, Sir Edward and Captain Cust, Dowager Lady Brownlow, and Sir Abraham Hume followed. They left Bromley Hill at an early hour, and passed through London. At Gorhambury, the Earl and Countess of Verulaat are entertaining a large party of fashionables. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale are expected to leave Yester House, Haddingtonshire, about, the middle of this month for town. We have to announce the death of the Countess Dowager of Posse, which took place on the 27 , .'n ult., at Elendon Hall, Staffordshire. Whilst her own family mourn the loss of a valued member, the poor and the public institu tions of her country lament that of a liberal benefactress. On referring to the Official 'ileturn just made by Government, showinr , the number of Newspaper Stamps used. for five months by all the Journals in Great Britain, we find: that the WEEKLY DISPATCH, has consumed no less than 1,247,000 stamps, being upwards of 56,000 for each publica tion. We subjoin the names of ten other popu l ar London papers, by way of comparison with the DlsrATeir WEEKLY DISPATCII Ago Atlas Bell's New Messenger 96,500 Bell's Old Messenger Examiner 94,9,50 John Bull News 62,500 Observer .. 129,000 Sunday Times Spectator 1,208,450 38,550 Thus showing the DISPATCH to circulate 38,550 more than all the above ten Journals put together.--The Weekly Dispatch is, published at 139, Fleet-street. Yesterday morning intelligence was received at the western stations of the London Fire Establishment of a ti e _ structive fire which occurred in the town of Oxford on non. day evening last. From the few particulars that were re ceived, it appeared that some of the borough police perceived the fire raging in the well. known Clarendon Printing-house, and within a short period one of the wings of the establishment was enveloped with flames. Numerous engines belonging to the town of Oxford were quickly drawn on the spot after the intimation of the discovery was given, but in conse quence of the severity of the weather, not much good was done with them. The wing of the printing -house is, it was under-. stood, totally consumed, with property to the amount of tr ;o thousand pounds, which loss will fall on the Phamix, nffie,.